Swansboro volleyball rallies to beat West Carteret

By Staff Reports

Published: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 09:30 AM.

Richlands 3, Havelock 1: Brooke Monssen had seven blocks and six kills while Kylee Tucker and Bella Nunu each served up eight aces as Richlands downed Havelock to pick up its first Coastal 3-A Conference win.

“The game definitely was won on serving,” coach Ashton Allgood said. “The second game we couldn’t serve. We lost six serves in a row that didn’t make it over the net. I wasn’t a very happy camper.”

But Allgood was able to smile at the end as the Wildcats (3-11, 11-9) won the last two sets for the victory.

MOREHEAD CITY – With its unbeaten record in the Coastal 3-A Conference on the line, Swansboro stepped up big.

Not only did the Pirates rally after dropping the first two sets, but they came back after trailing 13-11 in the decisive 15-point fifth set to defeat West Carteret 17-25, 15-25, 25-19, 25-18, 15-13 on Tuesday night.

Ashley Oriol had 11 kills to lead a foursome with at least seven kills. Megan Malone had eight, and Kim Moore and Kylie Cleve had seven each. Bailey Rabidou had 23 assists and 13 digs for the Pirates, who are now 14-1 and 10-0 in the league.

Swansboro travels to Dixon today.

“West Carteret was playing error-free ball and keeping it consistent (in the first two sets),” Swansboro coach Kim Miller said. “Our first set we had nine hitting errors and multiple service errors. We weren’t playing as a team. We were just kind of playing as individuals, and West Carteret the first and second set basically put it to us.”

But that changed in the final three sets, with the key being the Pirates started playing more consistently and as a team, Miller said. Swansboro took a lead about midway through the third and fourth sets, going up 19-12 in the fourth set in winning by seven.

The Patriots, however, were within two points of winning the match, up 13-11 in the fifth set. But Swansboro again rallied.

Richlands 3, Havelock 1: Brooke Monssen had seven blocks and six kills while Kylee Tucker and Bella Nunu each served up eight aces as Richlands downed Havelock to pick up its first Coastal 3-A Conference win.

“The game definitely was won on serving,” coach Ashton Allgood said. “The second game we couldn’t serve. We lost six serves in a row that didn’t make it over the net. I wasn’t a very happy camper.”

But Allgood was able to smile at the end as the Wildcats (3-11, 11-9) won the last two sets for the victory.

Southwest 3, North Brunswick 0: Taylor Marley and Amanda McCurry each had 11 kills as Southwest swept North Brunswick to even its East Central 2-A Conference record at 3-3. The Stallions are 5-8 overall.

Richlands 5, White Oak 4: Richlands’ No. 3 doubles team of Tori Vasquez and Chloe Maready earned the decisive victory to help give the Wildcats a win over White Oak in a Coastal 3-A Conference match played at Jacksonville High.